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Stephen King Quotes - Page 16

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Things were going very fast now. Too fast to suit him. Fantasy and reality had merged.

Things were going very fast now. Too fast to suit him. Fantasy and reality had merged.

Reality, Fantasy And Reality, Suits

Stephen King (2008). “'Salem's Lot”, p.391, Anchor

Black as night and as beautiful as forever.

Beautiful, Night, Forever

Stephen King (2007). “Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales”, p.206, Simon and Schuster

I think that marijuana should not only be legal, I think it should be a cottage industry. It would be wonderful for the state of Maine. There's some pretty good homegrown dope. I'm sure it would be even better if you could grow it with fertilizers and have greenhouses.

Weed, Marijuana, Dope

Stephen King, Tim Underwood, Chuck Miller (1988). “Bare bones: conversations on terror with Stephen King”, McGraw-Hill Companies

If you don’t have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it?

Ifs

the only mortal sin is giving up.

Giving Up, Sin, Mortals

Stephen King (2016). “Skeleton Crew”, p.428, Simon and Schuster

Fools are the only folk on the earth who can absolutely count on getting what they deserve.

Earth, Fool, Dark Tower

Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

Money talks, bullshit walks.

Money, Talking, Bullshit

Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.

Two, Forgotten, Happens

Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. October 31, 2014.

We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.

Play, Trying, Culture

All I ask is that you do as well as you can, and remember that, while to write adverbs is human, to write he said or she said is divine.

Writing, Remember, Divine

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark

Heart, Dark, Light

Stephen King (2008). “Lisey's Story: A Novel”, p.517, Simon and Schuster

Fantasy has a better chance of lasting than a lot of other things. The Hobbit and the Narnia books, they seem to get handed down father to son, mother to daughter. Because they're set in a fantasy world, they can remain relevant.

Mother, Daughter, Father

"A Rare Interview with Master Storyteller Stephen King". Interview with Ken Tucker, parade.com. May 25, 2013.

You have to go where the book leads you.

Book

"Stephen King wants to reach out and grab you — with his writing". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. October 6, 2016.

There's a saying - "Write what you know." It's bad advice if you take it as an unbreakable rule, but good advice if you use it as a foundation.

Writing, Advice, Use

Interview with Catherine Elsworth, www.goodreads.com. November 2014.

It's strange how pain marks our faces, and makes us look like family.

Pain, Looks, Like Family

Stephen King (2016). “Coffey's Hands”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

Do you know how cruel your God can be, David. How fantastically cruel?...Sometimes he makes us live.

Tahiti, Sometimes, Know How

Stephen King (2016). “Desperation”, p.509, Simon and Schuster

I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops.

Believe, Writing, Rooftops

Stephen King (2002). “On Writing”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.

Writing, Heart, Sarcasm

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done.

Hurt, Children, Writing

A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we're children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they're scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it's pretty much in the eye of the beholder.

Children, Growing Up, Eye

Art should be a place of hope.

Art, Should

Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.172, Simon and Schuster

The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear? Yes. My Imagination. I thought you were going to say "Fear, itself." Then you have a small imagination.

Imagination, Dark Tower, Gunslinger

"The Dark Tower. Wizard and Glass". Book by Stephen King, Vol. IV, 1997.

Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover.

Ocean, Trying, Spoons

Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three”, p.321, Simon and Schuster

We all do what we can, and it has to be good enough, and if it isn't good enough, it has to do.

Good Enough, Enough, Be Good

Stephen King (2016). “The Dead Zone”, p.579, Simon and Schuster

Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy.

May, Speak, Said

Stephen King (2016). “The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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